Artuqids of Amid and Hisn Kayfa. Nur al-Din Muhammad, AD 1174-1185. Dirham
(Bronze, 32 mm, 12.81 g, 6 h), Hisn Kayfa. AH 578

Obv: Large diademed male head to left within beaded circle; around, mint and date.
Rev: In inner field, 'Malik al-Umara Muhiyy / al-Adil Nur al-Din /
Muhammad ibn Qara Arsla/n ibn Artuq Nasir / al-Imam al-Nasir /
li-din Allah'; in outer margin, Mal'un man / yu'ayyiruhu'; all in Kufic.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 11; Album 1821.3.

Artuqids of Amid and Hisn Kayfa. Nur al-Din Muhammad, AD 1174-1185. Dirham
(Bronze, 29 mm, 11.34 g, 7 h), Hisn Kayfa. AH 576

Obv: Male figure, wearing conical headdress and holding globus, seated facing
within arched canopy; winged genii on either side, AH date in fields
Rev: Name and titles of Nur al-Din Muhammad in four lines within square;
name of Abbasid caliph in left and right outer margins.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 10; Album 1821.2.

Artuqids of Amid and Hisn Kayfa. Qutb al-Din Sukman II, AD 1185-1200. Dirham
(Bronze, 25 mm, 8.34 g, 6 h), Hisn Kayfa. AH 594

Obv: Nimbate half-length male bust facing slightly right, wearing sharbush and
holding scepter and globus; AH date around.
Rev: Name and titles of Sukman II in four lines; marginal legends citing the
Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 14; Album 1822.3.

Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Timurtash, AD 1122-1152. Dirham
(Bronze, 29 mm, 12.21 g, 7 h), Mardin

Obv: Large diademed male head to right.
Rev: Legend in Arabic in three lines, 'Malik al-umara / Abu al-Muzaffar /
Alpi bin; Legend around in Arabic, 'Il-Ghazi / Timurtash bin / bin Artuq'
(all in Kufic).
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 26; Album 1826.3; ICV 1198 (this coin).

Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Timurtash, AD 1122-1152. Dirham
(Bronze, 28 mm, 14.15 g, 6 h), Mardin

Obv: Large diademed male head to right.
Rev: Legend in Arabic in three lines, 'Malik al-umara / Abu al-Muzaffar /
Alpi bin; Legend around in Arabic, 'Il-Ghazi / Timurtash bin / bin Artuq'
(all in Kufic).
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 26; Album 1826.3.

Artuqids of Mardin. Najm al-Din Alpi, AD 1164-1170. Dirham
(Bronze, 33.5 mm, 19.39 g, 11 h), Mardin

Obv: Diademed and draped male busts, vis-à-vis; laqabs of Najm al-Din Alpi
above and below; tamgha to lower left.
Rev: Byzantine emperor standing facing being crowned by the Theotokos
standing facing; genealogy of Najm al-Din Alpi around.

Artuqids of Mardin. Najm al-Din Alpi, AD 1164-1170. Dirham
(Bronze, 32 mm, 10.49 g, 1 h), Mardin

Obv: Two diademed heads facing, turned slightly away from one another;
legend around in Kufic, 'la ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah /
al-Mustanjid billah / Amir al-Mu'minin'.
Rev: Youthful female head facing within beaded circle; around within
beaded circle, legend in Kufic, 'Najm al-Din / Malik Diyarbakr /
Alpi ibn Il-Ghazi / ibn Artuq'.

Artuqids of Mardin. Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II, AD 1176-1184. Dirham
(Bronze, 29 mm, 10.8 g, 6 h), Mardin

Obv: Diademed Roman style head to right within beaded square, his eyes
raised to heaven; around beaded square. ibn Alpi ibn Tirmurtash ibn
il-Ghazi ibn Artuq' in Kufic.
Rev: 'il-Ghazi / li-Mawlana al-Malik al'Alim / al-adil Qutb al-Din /
Malik al-Umara Shah / Diyarbakr' in five lines in Kufic.

Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, AD 1184-1200. Dirham
(Bronze, 30.5 mm, 14.81 g, 4 h), Mardin. AH 589

Obv: Three standing figures around central female figure seated left in attitude
of mourning.
Rev: Name and titles of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir in three lines; in the outer margin,
name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan and date..
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 35.1; Album 1839.3.

Artuqids of Mardin. Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan, AD 1184-1200. Dirham
(Bronze, 32 mm, 12.35 g, 7 h), Mardin. AH 596

Obv: Helmeted Turk seated cross-legged, wearing chain mail, holding sword
horinzontally behind his head with his right hand and severed, helmeted head
by the plume with his left hand; in field to left, 'Nur al-Din Atabeg' in Kufic.
Rev: In inner field, 'al-Nasir li-din / Allah Amir / al-Mu'minin'; in inner margin,
'al Malik al-Afzal 'Ali wa al-Malik al Zahir Ghazi bin al-Malik al-Nasir Yusuf';
in outer margin, 'Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan Malik Diyarbakr bin il-Ghazi bin Artuq
duriba sannah sitt wa tis'in wa khamsami'a'; all in Kufic.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 36.1; Album 1839.4.

Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AD 1201-1239. Dirham
(Bronze, 29 mm, g, 10 h), Mardin

Obv: Male figure sitting cross-legged on throne, holding small globe.
Rev: Kufic inscription, citing the Ayyubid ruler al-Kamil Muhammad
as overlord.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 46; Album 1830.9.

Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AD 1201-1239. Dirham
(Bronze, 29 mm, 12.78 g, 3 h), Mardin

Obv: Julio-Claudian-style bare head right; name and titles of Nasir
al-Din Artuq Arslan around.
Rev: Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Ayyubid overlord in five
lines; partial mint formula and AH date in margins.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 43; Album 1830.7.

Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AD 1201-1239. Dirham
(Bronze, 26 mm, g, 6 h), Mardin

Obv: Facing male head wearing garment fastened with clasp at neckline
to the right.
Rev: Five-lined legend citing Ayyubid overlord al-Adil cited.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 46; Album 1830.4.

Artuqids of Mardin. Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan, AD 1201-1239. Dirham
(Bronze, 25 mm, g, 8 h), Mardin

Obv: Facing male head wearing garment fastened with clasp at neckline
to the right.
Rev: Five-lined legend citing Ayyubid overlord al-Adil cited.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 46; Album 1830.4.

Zangids of Mosul. Qutb al-Din Mawdud, AD 1161-1162. Dirham
(Bronze, 29.7 mm, 15.17 g, 1 h), Mosul

Obv: Draped bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in fore-knot;
two winged creatures above, AH date in left and right fields.
Rev: Name and titles of Qutb al-Din Mawdud in four lines and margins.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 59.3; Album 1858.

Zangids of Mosul. Sayf al-din Ghazi II, AD 1169-1180. Dirham
(Bronze, 32 mm, 15.56 g, 11 h), Mosul

Obv: Helmeted male head left; Kalima around.
Rev: Name and title of Sayf al-Din Ghazi II in three lines; mint
and AH date in margin.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 61.1; Album 1861.2.

Zangids of al-Jazira. Mu‘izz al-Din Sanjarshah, AD 1180-1208. Dirham
(Bronze, 33 mm, 36.39 g, 3 h), al-Jazira

Obv: Zengid tamgha; names and titles of al-Mu'azzam Mahmud and Wali
'Ahad al-Zahir in outer margin
Rev: Names and titles of Abbasid caliph and Rum Seljuq overlord in
three lines; mint formula and AH date in margins
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 86; Album A1883.

Zangids of Sinjar. Qutb al-Din Muhammad, AD 1197-1219. Dirham
(Bronze, 27 mm, 10.48 g, 2 h), Sinjar. AH 596

Obv: Curly-haired male bust to left, sceptre over right shoulder.
Rev: Four-lined and marginal legends citing titles of Abbasid Caliph
al-Nasir and Zengid ruler.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 81; Album 1880.2.

Lu’lu’ids of Mosul. Badr al-Din Lu’lu’ Dirham, AD 1233-1258. Dirham
(Bronze, 25 mm, 7.01 g, h), Mosul. AH 631

Obv: Classical-style diademed head left; star below chin; all within
beaded square border; mint and AH date in margin.
Rev: Legend citing the Abbassid Caliph al-Mustansir, al-Din Lu'lu,
and the Ayyubid overlords al-Kamil and al-Ashraf.
Reference: Spengler & Sayles 68; Album 1874.1.

Numismatik Naumann Auction 129 Lot 825.

Danishmendids. Malik Muhammad, AD 1197-1219. Dirham
(Bronze, 26 mm, 1.2 g, 5 h)

Obv: OMME / AHKICΠ / ACHC Pω/MANIAC.
Rev: KAI AN/ATOΛHC / MAΧAM/ATIC. 'The King of all Rome and Anatolia, Muhammad'.
al-Nasir and Zengid ruler.
Reference: Album 1238; Whelan Type A, pl. 16, 2.

Ghaznavid Empire. Mahmud of Ghazni, AD 998-1030. Multiple Dirham
(Silver, 47 mm, 10.57 g, 4 h), Andaraba. AH 389

Obv: Citing Balkatekin in outer obverse margin, sword below obverse field.
Rev: Citing Mahmud as 'Yamin al-Dawla wa-l-Amin al-Milla'.
Reference: Album 1608; ICV 1704.

Ottoman Empire. Sulayman I The Magnificent, AD 1520. Sultani
(Gold, 21 mm, 3.36 g, 1 h), Misr

Obv: Name, titles, mint and date in five lines.
Rev: Titles in six lines.
Reference: Album 1317, Pere 180.